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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MANZANITA ACTION FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$36,055
Total expenses
$5,195,723
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$3,050,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$36,055
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$39,746
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$39,746
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,161,789
Management and general expenses
$2,033,934
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,161,789

Program services were 60.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $36,055 · excluded $36,055

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $3,050,000 · program services $3,050,000

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $36,162 · program services $2,589 · management and general $33,573

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $109,200 · program services $109,200

  • 24a · Other expenses: POLITICAL EXPENDITURES

    total $2,000,000 · management and general $2,000,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $361 · management and general $361

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $5,199,414 · end of year $1,277

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $38,469

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $5,199,414 · end of year $39,746

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

MANZANITA'S MISSION IS TO EFFECT SOCIAL AND PUBLIC POLICY CHANGE TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS, OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR SOCIETY, AND OUR WORLD. MANZANITA WILL PROMOTE SOCIAL AND PUBLIC POLICY CHANGE THROUGH ACTIVITIES SUCH AS PUBLIC EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, CAPACITY BUILDING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, ADVOCACY AND LOBBYING, GRANTMAKING, AND OTHER PERMISSIBLE ACTIVITIES IN FURTHERANCE OF ITS EXEMPT PURPOSES. MANZANITA'S INITIAL FOCUS AREA FOR GRANTMAKING AND PROGRAMMATIC ACTIVITIES INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, COMBATING ANTISEMITISM. MANZANITA PROMOTES THE GENERAL WELFARE OF INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES BY SUPPORTING PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES TO EFFECT CHANGES IN PUBLIC POLICY THAT WILL BENEFIT OUR SOCIETY AND THE WORLD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO EFFECT SOCIAL AND PUBLIC POLICY CHANGE TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS, OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR SOCIETY, AND OUR WORLD.

  • GRANTMAKING:THE ORGANIZATION WILL MAKE GRANTS TO SECTION 501(C)(3) CHARITIES, SECTION 501(C)(4) SOCIAL WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS, OTHER TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS, AND OTHER TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS FOR GENERAL SUPPORT OR SPECIFIC PROJECTS CONSISTENT WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S TAX-EXEMPT MISSION AND PROGRAMMATIC GOALS. WITH GRANTS FROM THE ORGANIZATION, GRANTEES MAY CONDUCT A RANGE OF ACTIVITIES TO EFFECT SOCIAL AND PUBLIC POLICY CHANGE, INCLUDING PUBLIC EDUCATION AND INFORMATION SHARING, RESEARCH, CAPACITY BUILDING AND TRAINING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, ADVOCACY, AND LOBBYING, ALL FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING SOCIAL WELFARE WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 501(C)(4).

    Expenses $3,161,789 · Grants $3,050,000

  • ADVOCACY AND LOBBYING: THE ORGANIZATION WILL ADVOCATE FOR PROGRAMS, POLICIES, LEGISLATION, AND REGULATIONS AT THE FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL LEVELS CONSISTENT WITH ITS TAX-EXEMPT MISSION AND PROGRAMMATIC GOALS, INCLUDING THROUGH DIRECT OR GRASSROOTS LOBBYING. THE ORGANIZATION WILL ADVOCATE FOR POLICY CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS IN VARIOUS AREAS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COMBATING ANTISEMITISM. THE ORGANIZATION MAY CONDUCT ADVOCACY AND LOBBYING ACTIVITIES DIRECTLY AND IT MAY ALSO SUPPORT THE ADVOCACY AND LOBBYING ACTIVITIES OF ITS GRANTEES. BY ADVOCATING FOR CHANGES IN PUBLIC POLICY, THE ORGANIZATION SEEKS TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.

  • PUBLIC EDUCATION, INFORMATION SHARING, AND RESEARCH:THE ORGANIZATION WILL EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON IMPORTANT AREAS OF SOCIAL AND PUBLIC POLICY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COMBATING ANTISEMITISM. THE ORGANIZATION WILL SUPPORT RESEARCH AND INFORMATION SHARING IN THESE AREAS. THE ORGANIZATION WILL MAKE ITS PUBLIC EDUCATION MATERIALS WIDELY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AT NO COST ON ITS WEBSITE (IF SUCH A WEBSITE IS DEVELOPED) OR THROUGH OTHER ONLINE OR PRINT PLATFORMS. BY WIDELY SHARING INFORMATION AND PUBLIC EDUCATION MATERIALS, THE ORGANIZATION SEEKS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND PROMOTE ADVANCEMENTS IN SOCIAL AND PUBLIC POLICY.

  • EVENTS, WORKSHOPS, AND COLLABORATIONS: THE ORGANIZATION MAY HOST AND PARTICIPATE IN EVENTS, WORKSHOPS, CONFERENCES, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT AND ADVOCATE FOR SOLUTIONS TO IMPORTANT SOCIAL AND PUBLIC POLICY AREAS. THROUGH THESE EVENTS, THE ORGANIZATION WILL SUPPORT INFORMATION SHARING AND COLLABORATION AMONG PEOPLE AND GROUPS WORKING TO ADDRESS AND FIND SOLUTIONS TO IMPORTANT SOCIETAL ISSUES. THE ORGANIZATION MAY ALSO COLLABORATE WITH AND ADVISE OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, ENGAGING IN JOINT PROJECTS, CAMPAIGNS, AND COLLABORATIONS TO AMPLIFY ITS MESSAGE, OUTREACH, AND ACTIVITIES.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Audrey Scott

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sara Colorado

    CFO & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Pasca

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Russell Guarneri

    CORPORATE SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

  • TO STRENGTHEN AND EXPAND THE US ISRAEL RELATIONSHIP IN WAYS THAT ENHANCE THE SECURITY OF THE UNITED STATES AND ISRAEL.

  • TO FUND PART OF THE LEGACY FOUNDATION'S ANTISEMITISM AND ANTI-TERRORISM LITIGATION ACTION FUND. THE MISSION OF THE LEGACY FOUNDATION'S LITIGATION ACTION FUND IS ALIGNED WITH THE MISSION OF THE STOP COLLEGE HATE INITIATIVE. AMERICA ISSUES MOVEMENT IS THE LEGACY FOUNDATION'S 501(C)(4) POLITICAL ARM.

  • ENGAGE IN REGISTERING, ACTIVATING AND INCREASING VOTER ENGAGEMENT WITHIN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY

  • AMERICA ISSUES MOVEMENT

    $15,000

    SUPPORT THE STOP COLLEGE HATE INITIATIVE TO SHINE A NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT ON INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE WILLING TO CAPITULATE TO DEMANDS OF THE ANTI-ISRAEL PROTESTORS, AND PASS FEDERAL LEGISLATION THAT TARGETS THE TAX-EXEMPT STATUS OF HIGHER LEARNING INSTITUTIONS THAT THROUGH ACTION SUPPORT THE DIVESTMENTS FROM COMPANIES AND INSTITUTION DOING BUSINESS IN AND WITH ISRAEL.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
12 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523179349304372

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